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Old 06-17-2014, 01:10 AM
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In April, Victoria Wilcher was attacked by three pit bulls. It's difficult to search for original, contemporary, stories from that incident. Luckily she did survive but has to undergo several surgeries from the injuries that she received.

Last Thursday her grandmother was bringing her home from the hospital visit and they stop at a KFC to get some food. At some point while they were there they were approached by a staff member and asked to leave because injuries were disturbing to other customers.

While all of that belongs in the what the fuck is wrong with people thrad (which we don't have, att: lisapea), what happens next fits firmly right here.

KFC to Help Pay Hospital Bills

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"As soon as we were notified of this report on Friday, we immediately began an investigation, as this kind of hurtful and disrespectful action would not be tolerated by KFC," spokesman Rick Maynard wrote Sunday in an email to The Associated Press. "Regardless of the outcome of our investigation, we have apologized to Victoria's family and are committed to assisting them. The company is making a $30,000 donation to assist with her medical bills. The entire KFC family is behind Victoria."
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Old 06-17-2014, 06:51 AM
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Damage control by a corporation, even if it comes at a cost of 30 grand, does not qualify for two minutes of love.
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I went to the ramshackle Comcast service center to cancel my service, took a number to wait. It was a pretty long line, but I opted to wait. While waiting, I saw an older gentleman give his number to a lady waiting with 2 kids. As it turns out, someone else gave him a ticket, so he had 2, the lady, in turn gave hers to someone else.

Now I'm a bit jealous, because I had the same idea, only I chose to wait it out, and all the families with children came in before me.

Instead, I spent some of my wait time watching a toddler try to figure out what the customer service guy's scanner did. The mom put a stop to it once she saw he was pointing the laser scanner in his eyes.
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Old 08-12-2014, 08:32 PM
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No, this isn't creepy. It's wonderful.

aki inomata swaps human hair with her dog to exchange fur coats
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Can't it be both?
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Old 09-19-2014, 01:21 AM
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LITERAL AND ACTUAL FACE MAWLINGS :pibble:


Here's a little bit of puppy pibble Mojo's story.
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BBC News - Sean Parker: Irish village brings home its 'lost son'



A sad story which, despite a beautiful epilogue, is no less sad. But the love in Glinsk right now must be overflowing.
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Wigan hospital granted the dying wish of a 77-year-old cancer patient, and allowed her to be visited by her favourite horse, Bronwen, whom she looked after for 25 years.



BBC News - Woman dies after farewell to horse at Wigan hospital
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I'm unable to find an active thread on religious freedom so this goes here:

Former Porn Star, Atheist, Pastafarian, Wears Colander For Utah Driver's License

Bonus points for the url alone: utah-porn-star-colander

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she wasn't sure if officials at the Division of Motor Vehicles office in Hurricane would allow her to wear the headgear, but "it was surprisingly really, really easy."

Nannette Rolfe, the director of Utah's Driver License Division, said about a dozen Pastafarians have had their state driver's license photos taken with a similar colander or pasta strainer on their heads in recent years.

"As long as we can get a visual of the face, we're fine if they choose to wear the headgear," she said.

Hats and headgear are not allowed for driver's license photos unless they're religious garments, Rolfe said. After the first few Pastafarians came in about two years ago, state officials determined the church is a recognized religion and its members don't require any special paperwork, she said.
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Old 12-03-2014, 03:48 PM
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The Finding of Arkady Gidrat

The BBC article is strangely, and I think, quite misleadingly, titled. "The Unknown Soldier" is an honorific given to a battlefield corpse whose identity has been lost, whereas the story is of identified soldiers whose remains are still being searched for. (I guess it's an awkward translation from the Russian.)
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Phillip Hughes, just a few days shy of his 26th birthday, was hit in the head by a cricket ball in a freak accident. He spent 2 days in a coma, and died.

Someone started a #putoutyourbats campaign - it went around the world.

#PutOutYourBats: Cricket fans around the world put out their bats to pay tribute to Phillip Hughes - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

It even went outside the cricket world.

Wimbledon:


Arsenal (London football club):


Just search twitter or tumblr with the hashtags.
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If they get lucky, she'll show them her nipple shield thingie.
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Old 12-19-2014, 05:12 AM
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Random, one of my favorite pasta shapes I refer to as the nipple shield.
That is all.
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I am mentally going through all the pasta shapes I can think of and I'm not seeing one that fits the description. Pictures, please.
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Orecchiette. Especially the ones that trader joes sells are pretty uniform in nipple shape.
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That makes sense. Just never occurred to me before.
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A outspoken Norwegian doctor whose efforts to treat Palestinians wounded in the Gaza conflict garnered worldwide attention has been named person of the year by the country’s largest tabloid, Verdens Gang (VG).
Gaza doc Mads Gilbert named Norway's person of year

Can we have an :ilovenorway: smilie?
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Good conduct in a desperate situation

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Ok, so it's six minutes love, and please ignore the obligatory soppy music, but...


The number of abandoned and neglected pets amazes me. I will never buy one from a dealer, even if it is a "private" breeder of pedigrees, or a pet shop. All my dogs, cats and birds have been foundlings, hand-me-downs or up for adoption at the RCSPA. There are just too many surplus critters around to do otherwise.
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(Yeah, I know ... but we don't have a Twenty Minutes Love thread and I'm not about to start one.)
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